Revision as of 08:55, 4 March 2012

The Serial Port is a simple and uncomplicated method to connect to the Raspberry Pi.
The communication depends on byte wise data transmission, is easy to setup and is generally available even before boot time.

First interaction with the board

Connect the serial cable to the COM port in the Raspberry Pi, and connect the other end to the COM port or USB Serial Adapter in the computer.

Note that the Raspberry has no COM port PREBUILT Soldering/protoyping and technical knowledge is required !

(Place link to HowTo here)

You may also use a USB to Serial Adaptor as second option.

What about USB debugging (KBD) ?

Serial Parameters

The following parameters are needed to connect to the Raspberry. All parameters except Port_Name and Speed are default values and may not need to be set.